Annoying interruptions... + Fawkes

[Inge]

No: HPFGUIDX 142210

Bloomsbury p 458 (After the Burial), 

Slughorn: "But then...my dear boy... you're asking a great deal... 
you're asking me, in fact to aid you in your attempt to destroy - "

Harry (interrupting): "You don't want to get rid of the wizard who 
killed Lily Evans?"

Slughorn: "Harry, Harry, of course I do, but -"

Harry (again interrupting): "You're scared he'll find out you helped 
me?"

Slughorn said nothing; he looked terrified.

--

Oh well. Would Slughorn indeed have finished that first sentence 
with "Voldemort"?
Because of Harry's interruption, we don't know.... If Slughorn didn't 
mean to end his sentence with 'Voldemort' - what else might he have 
said instead?

And what's with the 'but'?
Is it as simple as Harry's conclusion, that Slughorn is scared 
Voldemort will find out he told Harry and punish him (Slughorn)?
Or did he mean to say something very different, had Harry not 
interrupted the 'but' ?

I don't know - and I certainly don't have the answer - but I'd surely 
like to have heard Slughorn's finishing those two sentences without 
Harry's interruptions.... :-)

Inge


PS! On a sidenote. It's been discussed if Fawkes and Snape have been 
seen together - and if Fawkes in that case has been 
acting 'distrusting' towards Snape.
Personally I can't recall any moment when Fawkes and Snape are both 
seen together (might be wrong though?).
Could it be that Snape IS Fawkes? Animagus maybe? Is that the reason 
Dumbledore never doubts Snape's loyalty?
Just one of those silly thoughts.... ya' know!